Daily word games to challenge your mind
A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like LA often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: acetabula, calendula, camarilla.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| acetabula | 9 | 5 | |
| calendula | 9 | 4 | |
| camarilla | 9 | 4 | |
| campanula | 9 | 4 | |
| carambola | 9 | 4 | |
| cerebella | 9 | 4 | |
| chlorella | 9 | 3 | |
| columella | 9 | 4 | |
| corbicula | 9 | 4 | |
| cuadrilla | 9 | 3 | |
| curricula | 9 | 4 | |
| encephala | 9 | 4 | |
| guerrilla | 9 | 3 | |
| haustella | 9 | 3 | |
| hyperbola | 9 | 4 | |
| matambala | 9 | 4 | |
| nanotesla | 9 | 4 | |
| nemophila | 9 | 4 | |
| peninsula | 9 | 4 | |
| sabadilla | 9 | 4 | |
| sapodilla | 9 | 4 | |
| scagliola | 9 | 3 | |
| scintilla | 9 | 3 | |
| sopapilla | 9 | 4 | |
| tarantula | 9 | 4 | |
| trabecula | 9 | 4 | |
| vallecula | 9 | 4 | |
| varicella | 9 | 4 |
What’s typical about LA-ending words?
LA often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.